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Companies: Audit

Commons · Question 114602 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 25 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Luke Akehurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to simplify audit requirements for quoted companies.

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 25 Feb 2026

The government has previously announced its plans to modernise and simplify the corporate reporting framework and expects to publish a consultation on the Modernising Corporate Reporting shortly. The consultation will consider financial, non-financial, re...